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Last updated April 2002
What is it?
Can I get it?
What else should I know?
How much will I get?
How do I claim?
More information
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This grant is dealt with by Jobcentre Plus.
Find your local office.
- Help with the cost of things for a new baby
- One-off payment
- Does not have to be paid back
Are you or your partner getting:
If YES to one, claim a Sure Start Maternity Grant.
(We use partner to mean a person you are married to or a person
you are living with as if you are married to them.)
You can claim from 11 weeks before the week your baby is due,
until 3 months after the baby is born.
If you are adopting, your baby must be aged under 12 months.
You should claim within 3 months of adopting.
If your baby is born by surrogacy, you or your husband or wife
must have a parental order. You should claim within 3 months of
the order being made.
Only use the amounts shown as a guide. The rules for benefits
mean that your individual circumstances may affect the amount
you get. This means you will not always be able to work out exactly
how much you will get by using these amounts.
Sure Start Maternity Grants
| For babies due or born before 16 June 2002 |
£300 |
| For babies due or born on or after 16 June
2002 |
£500 |
For babies due or born before 16 June 2002 £300.
Contact your social security office for a claim form. Find your
local office on this site or look in the phone book under Benefits Agency,
Jobcentre Plus, or Social Security.
It is important that we can be sure of your identity when you
make a claim. We may need to ask you about your background and
look at any official documents you have to support the information
you give.
To get more information or leaflets, get in touch with your
social security office , or see the leaflet, Sure
Start Maternity Grants.
Statutory
Maternity Pay
Maternity
Allowance
Income
Support
Jobseeker's
Allowance
Working
Families' Tax Credit
Disabled
Person's Tax Credit
Remember that this website is only a general guide to benefits
and schemes and is not a full and authoritative statement of the
law. We have made every effort to ensure that the information
on this website is correct at the date shown at the top of this
page. However, changes in the law may make the website become
gradually less accurate.
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